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| - Duty Editor: Denholm Barnetson Tel: +33 1 40.41.46.36 -- TOP STORIES -- + China reports biggest jump in virus deaths + White House bids to stop Bolton testimony + Israel deploys troops amid Palestinian outrage + On Brexit eve, UK's Johnson to talk trade with US + World number one Barty crashes out of Aus Open China-health-virus,WRAP WUHAN, China China reports its biggest single-day jump in novel coronavirus deaths, as global fears deepen with more infections confirmed overseas including three Japanese evacuated from the outbreak's epicentre. 750 words 1100 GMT by Sebastien Ricci. Picture. Video. Graphic Also moving: China-health-virus-countries,FACTS Already moved: China-health-virus,FACTS US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's defense team, seeking a speedy acquittal at his Senate impeachment trial, resists Democratic efforts to have former national security advisor John Bolton testify, arguing that it could prolong the divisive proceedings for months. 800 words moved by Chris Lefkow. Photo. Video. Graphic. Also moved: US-politics-impeachment-Trump,FACTS Israel-Palestinians-conflict-US,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel boosts its army presence in the West Bank and Gaza after the Palestinians launched protests against US President Donald Trump's peace plan, which gives the Jewish state the green light to annex key territory. 600 words 1130 GMT by Jonah Mandel. Picture. Video Britain-EU-Brexit-diplomacy,WRAP LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets the United States' top diplomat to talk trade and other global issues on the eve of Britain's historic departure from the EU. 650 words 1100 GMT by Joe Jackson. Picture. Video Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE Unheralded American Sofia Kenin stuns world number one Ashleigh Barty to end home hopes at the Australian Open, as Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic prepare for the 50th instalment of their great rivalry in a blockbuster semi-final. 550 words 1330 GMT by Talek Harris. Picture Also moved: Tennis-AUS-Open-Thiem-Zverev,PREVIEW -- CHINA VIRUS -- China-health-virus-barricades,SCENE BEIJING Villages and apartment complexes across China are taking the fight against a deadly viral epidemic into their own hands with improvised barricades and the online shaming of potentially-infected strangers. 650 words moved by Jing Xuan Teng. Picture China-virus-health-internet-factcheck,FOCUS HONG KONG Misleading bat soup videos, vastly inflated death tolls, quack remedies and vaccine conspiracies -- a global deluge of misinformation is compounding public fears about China's new coronavirus and stoking racial stereotypes. 750 words moved by Jerome Taylor and Esther Chan China-health-virus-Thailand-Pakistan-Myanmar-Indonesia,FOCUS WUHAN, China Pregnant, newly wed and now trapped at the Chinese epicentre of a global health crisis, Thai national Aphinya is among thousands of foreigners desperate to escape -- and watching helplessly as the US and Japan fly their citizens home. 600 words moved by Hector Retamal. Picture. Video China-health-virus-HongKong,SCENE HONG KONG Long queues form at pharmacies and crowds of panic-buyers strip supermarket shelves in Hong Kong as fears spread through the crowded metropolis over China's new coronavirus epidemic. 450 words moved by Yan Zhao. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Russia-Israel-diplomacy-crime-pardon,WRAP MOSCOW Russia frees a US-Israeli woman pardoned by President Vladimir Putin as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits for Kremlin talks on US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan. 600 words by 1000 GMT by Anna Malpas. Picture. Video. File Picture. File video Russia-politics-children-demographics-infertility-abortion,FOCUS BALASHIKHA, Moscow Oblast, Russia For three years, Valeriya Pashko has been trying to get pregnant. Now her last hope is IVF, provided free by Russia's health service as authorities try to avert a new drop in the birthrate. 789 words moved by Romain Colas. Picture. Video -- MIDDLE EAST -- Syria-conflict,WRAP BEIRUT Regime forces inch closer to reaching a key rebel-held town in northwest Syria, amid heightened bombardment that killed 10 civilians in the opposition bastion. 600 words 1100 GMT. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Burundi-politics-unrest,Q&A NAIROBI President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision not to run in Burundi's elections in May has come as a surprise. 750 words moved -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-Iowa-politics,WRAP DES MOINES, Iowa Donald Trump takes his re-election campaign roadshow to Iowa, aiming to steal the limelight from Democrats whose race to challenge the US president in November's election remains a dead heat days before the first nomination vote. 750 words moved by Elodie Cuzin, with Michael Mathes in Washington Also moved: US-politics-vote,FACTS US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein NEW YORK A former cocktail waitress tells Harvey Weinstein's sex assault trial that the ex-Hollywood mega-producer pinned her down and raped her in his New York apartment in 2005. 500 words moved by Thomas Urbain. Picture Basket-NBA-Bryant-death-Vanessa,2ndlead LOS ANGELES Vanessa Bryant speaks out for the first time since her husband Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna were killed in a horrific helicopter crash, saying the family is "completely devastated" by the tragedy. 550 words moved by Greg Heakes -- BUSINESS -- Germany-banking-earnings-DeutscheBank, WRAP FRANKFURT Germany's biggest lender Deutsche Bank reported plunging 5.7 billion euros ($6.3 billion) into the red in 2019, its fifth annual loss in a row and its second-worst ever result, amid criticism of bosses' plans to accept millions in bonuses. 500 words 1000 GMT by Jean-Philippe Lacour. SKorea-Samsung-telecommunication-earnings,WRAP SEOUL Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest smartphone maker, reports a slump in fourth-quarter net profits, blaming weakening demand in key products and falling chip prices. 650 words moved. Graphic Also moved: Japan-gaming-earnings-Nintendo,2ndlead afp
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